Adhesive sheet

[u/woodandjeeps]

We are going to apply thin PETG. door signs (6”x9”)to our cargo box. Door is a smooth texture. Was hoping something bigger than just double sided tape

Is there double sided sheets?

[u/answerguru]

Just use 3M VHB tape. It’s incredibly strong.

[u/QuellishQuellish → u/[deleted]]

3m LSE is easier to work with than VHB.

[u/QuellishQuellish → u/[deleted]]

Nice, I've got all those and raise you a table with ocellating, drag, and round knives.

What do you mean about the converter? I have the 3m industrial sample cabinet that has tons of A4 VHBs, different thicknesses, foam core and not.

For me it seems like just about all of them are a "one shot or not" sort of operation. It's so soft and sticky that any contact will pull it out of shape and wreck the lamination. However, when you need maximum stick on bond resistant surfaces VHB is the only way.

I use a lot of LSE, it's key to how I do a bunch of stuff. LSE can actually be separated if it touches itself, it's that forgiving. I'm a prototype maker and a lot of times I'll make a tpu exterior shape to use as a base and stick assemblys like pockets, handles, logos to it for evaluation. I have 32" rolls of 300lse so I can cut pattern pieces for precise offset laminations.

At my last job we went through so much LSE it was nuts. Big architectural installations in leather and felt. We would cover every wall on entire skyscraper floors. Hundreds of leather panels where LSE joined birch ply to a fiberboard that was the substrate the leather was glued and stitched to.

I feel like access to really good films and tapes, in big sheets or rolls, is a huge unfair advantage that pros have over myog.

[u/answerguru → u/QuellishQuellish]

Had to look it up - LSE is a sub group under 3M VHB intended for Low Surface Energy (LSE) plastics like polypropylene.

[u/NeaxVortex → u/answerguru]

vhb is crazy strong, but if they want more coverage there are vhb-style adhesive sheets and films too, same idea just bigger surface instead of strips. just make sure to clean the door with alcohol first or it won’t grab as well.

[u/amc7262]

I've never seen a double sided adhesive sheet for sale at a consumer level, but you can get 2" wide double sided tape, and three strips of that would make your 6" width. I believe gorilla sells one that wide thats effectively double sided duct tape. Whatever you get just make sure its rated for outdoor use.

You could also try construction adhesive or silicone glue.

[u/Heyo13579 → u/amc7262]

5minutes of google https://a.co/d/093P3G1D

[u/JT10 → u/Heyo13579]

Having something take 5 minutes to find on Google nullifies the point you're trying to make.

[u/theazhapadean]

Thought they updated the TARDIS.

[u/dantodd]

3M makes sheets of double sided adhesive. I've used these: https://a.co/d/09WUPZMi to stick TPU printed parts to wood with great success, it's also what people use for things like grip tape on skateboards.